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Under the Sea 3D

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Under the Sea 3D reviews
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5.4 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 13 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Howard Hall

Release Date:
Theatrical: February 13, 2009

Running Time: minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: G for General Audiences

Starring Jim Carrey

Under the Sea 3D, a new IMAX adventure, transports moviegoers to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia, New Guinea and others in the Indo-Pacific region, allowing them to experience face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea. It offers a uniquely inspirational and entertaining way to explore the beauty and natural wonder of the oceans, as well as the impact of global climate change. In IMAX 3D, the images will literally leap off the screen and float around the theatre, putting the audience in the movie. (Warner Bros.)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

There's plenty for us to feast on in Under the Sea 3D without drawing a single drop of blood. If you have small children, you'd be crazy not to take them to this film.

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90

Los Angeles Times Glenn Whipp

Practice has delivered something close to perfection as this new film offers a startling experience that takes you down into the Great Barrier Reef without the expense, hypothermia or oxygen tanks.

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90

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

One of the best of the genre. If it doesn't serve oysters, per se, this submarine wonder offers marvels in abundance.

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88

Premiere Krista Soriano

We actually had the urge to dodge the sea snakes swimming right at us.

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80

The New York Times Stephen Holden

A visually enthralling 40-minute tour of the southwestern Pacific depths.

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75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Jim Carrey mostly plays it straight as the narrator. The 3-D effects are uncanny; much of the audience ducked when sea snakes lunged at it. You can't get that on your TV set. Yet.

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75

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

It's all a treat to behold, and, at least where the turtle and the jellyfish are concerned, it's transcendently beautiful, too. I just wish there was more of it.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

As dazzling as they come, a visual pageant of strange undersea creatures hunting and scavenging and floating across the screen.

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75

Chicago Tribune Michael Esposito

In addition to the romantic music for the cuttlefish courtship, the several musical selections are a step above the usual IMAX fare.

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75

Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz

Offers up dazzling ocean creatures in calmly shifting scenes that could double as the world's most expensive screensaver.

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75

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

The footage is spectacular, the colors electric, the life aquatic trippier than anything you'll see in even the most wildly imaginative animated fare.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter

Like its predecessors, Under the Sea is family-friendly viewing -- the great white shark swims by, as opposed to tearing prey to shreds. Its goal is to show biodiversity and offer information on how reefs grow, reminding us of threats to these environments.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Reyhan Harmanci

Seems more appropriate for a science museum than the Metreon, but that's not the film's problem. The problem is that oceanic movies in actual science museums are far more interesting and nuanced than this documentary.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Daniel G gave it an8:
The 3d aspect of cinema is still primitive, come to think of it, many aspects are. This movie however, does not require 3d viewing for the audience to feel completely immersed by the underwater journey. Warner Bros. surprised me with a useful documentary, showing me more biodiversity exists than I previously could imagine.

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